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OMAHA, Neb. -- Home runs were rare at the College World Series this June, and for the Vanderbilt baseball team since May. Commodores center fielder John Norwood ended both droughts with one aggressive swing. Norwood hit a tiebreaking solo home run in the eighth inning, and Vanderbilt defeated Virginia 3-2 in the third and deciding game of the College World Series championship series Wednesday night. Vanderbilt (51-21) won its first NCAA baseball crown in only its second CWS appearance, and it won the school's first NCAA title in any men's sport. With one out in the top of the eighth, Norwood, the cleanup hitter, lined a high 1-0 fastball from Virginia closer Nick Howard...

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